Backblogged: Our Five Favorite Sentences of the Week

“In Boston, Dunkies is essentially an arm of the government.” From “Boston Unlocked,” by Ian Crouch.

“I have no statistical evidence to support this thesis, but, believe me, it’s true: a disproportionate number of American men who are now between the ages of twenty-eight and thirty-eight will forever love Winnie Cooper.” From “I Love Winnie Cooper,” by Mike Spies.

“Maybe I’ve been in school too long; doctoral study has a way of turning your head into a never-ending seminar, and I’m now capable of having complicated, inconclusive thoughts about nearly any subject.” From “The Impossible Decision,” by Joshua Rothman.

“Gerwig, who is twenty-nine, also has a precise, literate mind, but she is more buoyant, and sometimes has the air, not uncommon among her contemporaries, of having swallowed a very low dose of LSD.” From “Happiness: Noah Baumbach’s New Wave,” by Ian Parker.

“If Noah Webster were alive today, he would probably have written in to complain about our orthography.” From “The Double L,” by Mary Norris.

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